Head of a Deity or a Deified King

Arts of Asia

Gupta period, 4th/5th century

India
Uttar Pradesh

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Head of a Deity or a Deified King
Place: Uttar Pradesh (Object Possibly made in)
Date: 301 CE–500 CE
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 20.3 x 16.6 x 14 cm (8 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Gift of Marilynn Alsdorf
Reference Number: 2022.2
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With Galerie d’Art de la Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes, Paris, 1972 [this and the following according to invoice from Galerie d’Art de la Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes, June 21, 1972; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago, IL, by 1972; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, 1990 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 8, 1983; signed a promised gift agreement for the work, 2008]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.

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